When forced to summarize the general theory of relativity in one sentence: Time and space and gravitation have no separate existence from matter.

Highly developed spirits often encounter resistance from mediocre minds.

Human knowledge and skills alone cannot lead humanity to a happy and dignified life. Humanity has every reason to place the proclaimers of high moral standards and values above the discoverers of objective truth.

Genius simply cannot be reduced to a set of rules for anyone to follow.

The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has ever been before.

Today we must abandon competition and secure cooperation. This must be the central fact in all our considerations of international affairs; otherwise we face certain disaster. Past thinking and methods did not prevent world wars. Future thinking must prevent wars...The stakes are immense, the task colossal the time is short. But we may hope- we must hope- that man's own creation, man's own genius, will not destroy him.

Even on the most solemn occasions I got away without wearing socks and hid that lack of civilization in high boots